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December
21,
2004
Cliff Bell Family Ministries
Christmas Greetings from us to you!
Dear Friends,
What a year this has been! This year we have seen a lot of
growth – including two new members to our family!
We thank those of you who have prayed for us as we have been adapting
to having Adam and Rose Parker as a part of our family. In case
you had not heard, they are our nephew and niece who have come to be a
part of our family and household. Adam is 13 years old and Rose
is 10. They arrived a week before Thanksgiving. We had always
thought God had more children for us, but He sure surprised us in
the way He did it! Adam and Rose went through a lot of hurt prior
to coming here. They need lots of love, consistency and stability.
Most of all they still need Jesus. Obviously, this is a big change
for all of us. So please continue to pray for us as we are still
adjusting and re-defining what “normal” means.
Through this process the spiritual warfare has intensified to an all-new
high. We are warring and interceding like never before. At
the same time we are seeking miracles and the power of God manifest like
never before. So lots of battles mean lots of victories!
Dianne and I thank God for His provision during this time of increased
expenses. We were blessed that our children were willing to go without
any Christmas presents in order for us to bring Adam and Rose here and
take care of their needs. But that proved to be unnecessary as we
have received a couple of special one-time gifts which helped us to take
care of those expenses, catch up on some bills and still have something
for Christmas! God is so good!
Please believe with us for God to provide increase monthly support by
at least $1,000 per month. If you are not already supporting
this ministry please prayerfully consider CI Mexico for your 2005
missions giving..
We are also believing God to replace our two vehicles (family van and
ministry vehicle). Both current vehicles are unreliable and
our now larger family does not fit into either one. To get what
we need it will take a total of about $35,000 of which $5,000 has already
come in. So any one-time gifts are welcome. If you wish
to give towards the vehicle fund I'll include giving information at the
bottom.
Dianne continues to homeschool, only now she has six students rather than
four. Rose and Tabitha are in the same grade so that helps.
We have also joined a homeschool co-op. We have various activities
together. Angela is on Student Council. Jeremiah is part of
the chess club (he can already beat me at chess!). His teacher is
the number two state champ. We also have other activities
such as skating and other special events. At the Thanksgiving
banquet Tabitha and Angela won “best tasting” for their dessert
entry. Ashley is starting to read and doing very well.
Adam and Rose seem to like being homeschooled.
This last Sunday the whole family ministered together at a local
bi-lingual church. Dianne shared for a few minutes. Angela
ministered through dance. I preached a message on God's purpose
for sending Jesus, the purpose of the Church and Church restoration.
And Dianne, Angela, and Jeremiah ministered with me prophetically.
It is always a joy when I get to take the whole family and minister together.
God brought a refreshing to the pastors and their family as well as ministered
encouragement and fresh vision to the church. Two people got saved,
and many people were healed as I led them in an activation for miracles.
The Lord gave me several specific words of knowledge about healings that
were taking place. This was the first time Adam and Rose have gone
with us and seen us operate as a family. Afterward the church had
a traditional Mexican Christmas dinner of tamales, rice, "charro"
beans and pozole (pork and hominy soup).
Stay tuned...
In the next couple of days I plan to send out a report of some of the
awesome things God has been doing through the ministry these last two
months including a report of our last prophetic training seminar in Monterrey.
We pray you will have a very merry Christmas!
To view an e-card with our holiday prayer for you please click HERE.
Your Servants,
Cliff & Dianne Bell
December 21, 2004
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